Ross Kemp assulted (allegedly) by Sun editor! What a scoop!

whiskeyman

and it just so happens he's married to the editor!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4403026.stm

I wonder if the Sun will be reporting this...

OfflerCrocGod

He plays a "hard man" - he doesn't seem that hard

Dilly1

Didn't you know ?, Its ok to be violent to men, your just considered feisty
if you thump your partner. your not allowed to call her a complete psycho
either, its politically incorrect.

BaldiePablo

... if this was the other way around, this would be front page news and BBC would be pushed to sack Kemp .... because she hit him, it's deemed humourous!! Funny old world!

sceptre

I found the thread title most amusing when I saw it.

The BBC are running with the story about fourth in the news. I suspect the connection between Rebekah Wade and Rupert Murdoch is just as much a reason for them wanting to run with the story as Ross Kemp being a well known former BBC, current ITV and temporary BBC actor.

Misumi

interesting you should say that..
apparently they were out at a cocktail party with Murdoch's daughter Elizabeth, then dinner with David Blunkett, i kid you not!

and i believe there's going to be a DP spread in tomorrow's (toilet) paper

all this on the grapevine of course!

sceptre

I gather it's a piccie of Steve McFadden rather than once of Ross Kemp that'll be on the front of tomorrow's Currant Bun oddly enough. Apparently he had a run in with an ex-girlfriend who chose last night to give him a slap on the head.

Misumi

i foresee headline classics!

Brothers in harm
Battered brothers
Mitchells' mauled

...on a serious note, domestic violence is no laughing matter, it will be interesting to see how this is reported

whiskeyman

First edition of sun is out - it focuses on McFaddens hit and small stripe on page mentions "and his bruvver got some too".
Apparently, the Sun mentions that Wade has an "old fashioned tiff with her husband" and are totally playing down an act of domestic violence (something Wade has campaigned against in the past).
"PR guru" Max Clifford said that he's expect the tabloids to have a fun poke at the incident, but wouldnt treat it to heavily.

What a day for the tabloids

WhiteWashMan

aye, its a shame that violence towards men is treated less seriously than violence towards women.

beer enigma

sceptre wrote:

I gather it's a piccie of Steve McFadden rather than once of Ross Kemp that'll be on the front of tomorrow's Currant Bun oddly enough. Apparently he had a run in with an ex-girlfriend who chose last night to give him a slap on the head.

Convenient that they should both have appeared back in Eastenders within the past week........publicity is a powerful thing

Eoin

WhiteWashMan wrote:

aye, its a shame that violence towards men is treated less seriously than violence towards women.

Exactly. I think the most likely explanation is that he knew he could not retaliate because that would make things so much worse, so he had to resort to reporting it to the police. I still think he's a soft little pudding nancy boy who thinks he's hard because he is bald though.

whiskeyman

Sun front page is attached... notice how its the McFadden story that gets the headlines
It seems Kemp has played down the incident as "a fuss about nothing".
Why call the police then Ross?
It's nothing short of a hoax or publicity stunt if thats the case.
Oh, and Rupert M is in the UK this week... nice of Wade to give him a big story

Firewalkwithme

Ever get the feeling that this is just a big publicity stunt - I mean two 'Mitchells' in one day, what are the odds?

grumpytrousers

Despatch wrote:

Ever get the feeling that this is just a big publicity stunt - I mean two 'Mitchells' in one day, what are the odds?

Normally I'd agree with you; I'm not sure, however, that Plod would enjoy being part of a PR stunt though. Not at four in the pi$$ing morning, and certainly not with a subject matter of something as serious as domestic violence...

whiskeyman

grumpytrousers wrote:

Normally I'd agree with you; I'm not sure, however, that Plod would enjoy being part of a PR stunt though. Not at four in the pi$$ing morning, and certainly not with a subject matter of something as serious as domestic violence...

The plod are often involved in many big PR stunts / tabloid splashes.
Fleet street know how far they can get away with and I've seen many big stories come to nothing that used "arrests / cautioned / called the police" etc..
It gives a story a feel that its genuine, and gives it more edge.
Just look at all those footballer rape claims made to the police after the red tops publish them :rolleyes:

Firewalkwithme

grumpytrousers wrote:

Normally I'd agree with you; I'm not sure, however, that Plod would enjoy being part of a PR stunt though. Not at four in the pi$$ing morning, and certainly not with a subject matter of something as serious as domestic violence...

I'm sure the police would not willingly go along with it but considering that no charges have been brought it suggests that something is not quite right about the whole affair. Great timing too for Eastenders and as for the whole domestic violence thing, well haven't the Sun just been in a race to the bottom for several decades now. Nothing they do would surprise me.

Ray777

I think 'The Sun' was being ironic with that front page, playing down the clearly higher profile story. Sadly, any irony would obviously be lost on their readership.

Lump

I think it's unfair that people are taking the piss out of him. Yes, I'm sure he's a hard man, but how would have looked if he boxed her in the face....

Straight to court "Yer Honour, she hit me first" That excuse doesn't cut it when it's two blokes fighting!"

John